Example sentences of "it was probably [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is little agreement among philologists or social historians as to what brings a particular nickname into being , although in the days when people had just one name , of a given or baptismal kind , it was probably a necessity that an additional term be pressed into service to distinguish between folk of like name . |
| 2 | This also looks like anticipation of the ch , so it was probably a slip rather than a misspelling . |
| 3 | Luke thought that it was probably a mistake , at this stage , to go on about sonnets . |
| 4 | It was probably a mistake to programme Judith Weir 's Isti Mirant Stella ( dedicated to Maxwell Davies , and written for the St Magnus Festival in Orkney some ten years ago ) alongside the new work . |
| 5 | As far as most Sussex people were concerned , it was probably a struggle which only affected them if they got in the way of one of the opposing forces . |
| 6 | We thought it was probably a Jap plane , and they were in the habit of swooping down and machine-gunning anybody , so , although it was a boiling hot day , I said to you children , ‘ Let's play a game of tag round that heap of stones , ’ thinking that at least we would not all get hit . |
| 7 | Mr Browning said it was probably a bird he hit on the way , and later cleaned the car . |
| 8 | The required level of documentation is much higher , ’ Phillips now says that ‘ it was probably a trick ’ . |
| 9 | Just for a moment I thought I saw a flicker of emotion in her eyes , but it was probably a trick of the light . |
| 10 | But it was probably a can of lager . |
| 11 | It was probably a variety which was obtained by seeds from some other roses … the flowers are the same shape and colour as the provence Roses and have the like agreeable odour . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It was probably a drink I needed . |
| 13 | Well it was probably a bit rude in February . |
| 14 | Er erm I think , I mean they all eat most of them eat the ham , there were a few that sent it back I think it was probably a bit much for them . |
| 15 | Now , I think there 's probably a very nice parallel here , I ca n't help thinking it was probably a bit better , must have been better organised in the Second World War , but there 's going to be a erm special exhibition here is n't there , on memories of change on Oxford in the Second World War , and of course there were a great many extra people there too . |
| 16 | It was probably a mercy that she 'd been sick . |
| 17 | ‘ I think it was probably a score-draw between Robert and myself . |
| 18 | We 'll keep an open mind about the caller 's sex until we get confirmation from Bidwell , but it was probably a woman , probably also someone who knew that old Mr. Lorrimer was expected to be in hospital yesterday , and who did n't know that the appointment had been cancelled . |
| 19 | It was probably a combination of the moonlight and the girl but what-ever it was , the man who went on to become world-famous singing star Frankie Vaughan says she stole his heart the instant he saw her . |
| 20 | £ Well , I think I really had better stop there , and then if you want to ask any questions erm we can go into them , but perhaps I could just mention two things that I would like to have said more about , one was , that you probably know , there were three or two major epidemics in Oxford , of what they call plague , but it was probably a form of typhus , in 1643 and 44 , and a good deal of sickness , I think , still in 1645 , and the other was that there was a very serious fire , which almost certainly arose from these kind of living conditions , because Anthony Wood says it was a soldier roasting pig , erm and I think a lot of cooking went on in very unsuitable situations . |
| 21 | It was probably a punishment for her wickedness ! ’ |
| 22 | I think it was probably a ring , that sort of like went on for about a minute or so , |
| 23 | In this case it was probably a matter of a commercial bourgeoisie , itself still rising in importance , which had not yet found its styles in art . |
| 24 | She saw now that it was probably a photograph of the bitch he was going to bed with . |
| 25 | ‘ It was probably a fox moving around in the bushes , or perhaps even a badger . |
| 26 | ‘ It was probably a blessing in disguise , ’ admits Barbara , now fully fit and based in Oxfordshire . |
| 27 | ‘ It was probably an ocean . ’ |
| 28 | Like most such documents it was probably an exaggeration but it marked the approaching end of a peculiarly rich period of vitality in the county . |
| 29 | Yeah , oh it was probably an accident |
| 30 | It seems to have formed through the successive accretion of continental and island arc fragments ( see Section 3.6 ) from then until the middle Cretaceous and at the time of its collision with the Indian Plate it was probably an area of relatively warm and weak lithosphere . |